Dell Force10 MXL User Manual

Deploying FCoE (FIP Snooping) on Dell Force 10 MXL
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Figure 36. Configuration overview of Dell Force10 MXL with multiple port uplinks (port-
channel/LAG).. .................................................................................................... 41
Figure 37. Multiple port uplink (LAG) MXL configuration (can be copied and pasted) .................... 42
Figure 38. Multiple port uplink (LAG) MXL configuration (can be copied and pasted) - continued ..... 43
Figure 39. Multiple link configuration between switches and storage ....................................... 46
Figure 40. Multiple port link Cisco 5548 configuration (can be copied and pasted) ....................... 47
Figure 41. “show flogi database” ................................................................................... 48
Figure 42. Multiple link configuration between switches and storage ....................................... 49
Figure 43. Initial vPC configuration without FCoE links ........................................................ 50
Figure 44. Flow of vPC configuration on Cisco Nexus 5000 series switches ................................. 51
Figure 45. CLI configuration example: vPC on Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch (primary switch),
without FCoE configuration (can be copied and pasted) ................................................... 53
Figure 46. CLI configuration example: vPC on Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch (secondary switch),
without FCoE configuration (can be copied and pasted) ................................................... 54
Figure 47. Flowchart of MXL configuration to connection into dual Nexus vPC configuration........... 56
Figure 48. CLI configuration example: configuring Dell Force10 MXL (MXL-1) for uplinking into Cisco
vPC(can be copied and pasted) ................................................................................. 57
Figure 49. “show vpc brief” ......................................................................................... 59
Figure 50. vPC Configuration with FCoE links .................................................................... 60
Figure 51. Flow of additional configuration for FCoE on Cisco Nexus 5000 series switch with vPC .... 61
Figure 52. CLI configuration example: vPC on Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch (secondary switch), with
FCoE configuration (can be copied and pasted) ............................................................. 62
Figure 53. Flowchart for MXL FCoE configuraton to Nexus vPC ............................................... 64
Figure 54. CLI example of MXL FCoE configuration with LAG/PortChannel uplinked to Cisco Nexus vPC
configuration ....................................................................................................... 65

Dell Force10 MXL Specifications

General

Manageable	Yes
Product Series	Force10 MXL
Operating Temperature	0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
Layer Support	Layer 2, Layer 3
QoS Support	Yes
Power Supply	Dual, hot-swappable
Product Type	Switch
Jumbo Frame Support	Up to 9216 bytes
Management	CLI, SNMP, Web-based GUI
VLAN Support	Yes